Though Near Harad is not otherwise described in any detail, its inhabitants were clearly great enemies of the Gondorians, and it seems likely that many of the Haradrim who troubled Gondor, actually are the Men of Near Harad. This is especially true of their dealings with the Gondorian outpost of Umbar, which lay on the western shores of Near Harad. It was home to camels and, in the South, Oliphaunts.[3]